If there's an aspect of this game that is exemplary, its the story and how it unfolds for our 3 protagonists. The world continues to fall apart around them but they can't tell the difference. The citizens are required to take JOY, a pill that puts you in euphoric state and makes you hallucinate that the surrounding world is this colourful paradise. This is treated with the appropriate gravity with most to all of the characters being unable to process their grief or accept how events unfolded and how they chose to handle the fallout. We Happy Few takes place in an alternate timeline where the Axis powers won WW2 and made the people of Wellington Welles surrender their children as a peace offering. For example, the white masks that the characters wear have a distinct look but when they turn on you, they have a creepy quality that's hard to shake.The character design (mostly npc types) is a little repetitive but the overall look of the world and how it brings you in deserves credit and gets the job done. Parts of this game play like a fever dream and even when its at its most vibrant, there's a sinister undertone that is ever present. But the surrounding area outside the towns are is appropriately bleak and helps sell the hopelessness of this time. Depending on where you are on the map, you get some bright and eye-catching colours that make you feel like you took one of those pills your character 'chooses' to take. If I could some it up in a few choice words, bizarre, psychedelic and groovy come to mind. What catches your attention first about the game is the setting and atmosphere. We Happy Few was a much anticipated game that was able to get to market through crowd funding and several changes along the way.

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